The neologism 'shevolution' was invented by Lesley Abdela sometime in the 1980s as part of her campaigning for women's equality. Her use of shevolution was 'the outcome of a process where women and men work together as equals'.
Sometimes it appears as a synonym for 'feminism', as in the use in the Financial Times 4 or 5 years ago.
I would recommend that you post it as a comment to the word itself, rather than the list (see comments for specific words). To delete your comment from a page, see deleting comments.
Someone has commented 'barf' on reasind about the word Shevolution, which is of course unutterably witty and I hope everyone falls about laughing. Someone with that word-power and imagination ought to be writing Tolstovian novels.
But it raises a serious point: because we men by fist and fiat (usually fist) have dominated the sexes for thousands of years, everything we created was designed by men for men, including politics, economics, the workplace, societal norms, acceptable behaviour etc. This means most men simply see a natural order in things rather than the entirely artificial construct designed by/for men and not by/for women. And let's face it, we have such a wonderful, peaceful, well-managed world we don't need any such concept as Shevolution, now do we, Mr Barf?
I'm not the barfer and don't know who is, but if I know the users of this site then it's more likely that the target of the gastric secretions is the sledgehammer unsubtlety and thudding obviousness of the portmanteau than that Mr (or Mrs, Miss or Ms) Barf is an agent of patriarchal hegemony.
I'm the barfer. I have a list of neologisms and usages I feel are clunky. I like to provide examples of mis-(usage) but as you haven't given any and I don't feel like looking for any right now I just tagged the word so I can find it later. I changed the tag to 'barfly' in case you find that less offensive. There is a 'hide' button next to 'tags for this word' if you don't like looking at it. I have no comment about the concept it (the word, I can't bring myself to write the miscreant) denotes other than a postilla that I really don't believe that social change is driven by neologisms.
symonds commented on the list symonds-s-list
The neologism 'shevolution' was invented by Lesley Abdela sometime in the 1980s as part of her campaigning for women's equality. Her use of shevolution was 'the outcome of a process where women and men work together as equals'.
Sometimes it appears as a synonym for 'feminism', as in the use in the Financial Times 4 or 5 years ago.
April 24, 2009
Prolagus commented on the list symonds-s-list
That's a very interesting note, symonds.
I would recommend that you post it as a comment to the word itself, rather than the list (see comments for specific words). To delete your comment from a page, see deleting comments.
What else? Let's say it all together, Wordies...
April 24, 2009
john commented on the list symonds-s-list
Welcome, sy!
There are also some useful Wordie how-to link on the about page.
April 24, 2009
symonds commented on the list symonds-s-list
Someone has commented 'barf' on reasind about the word Shevolution, which is of course unutterably witty and I hope everyone falls about laughing. Someone with that word-power and imagination ought to be writing Tolstovian novels.
But it raises a serious point: because we men by fist and fiat (usually fist) have dominated the sexes for thousands of years, everything we created was designed by men for men, including politics, economics, the workplace, societal norms, acceptable behaviour etc. This means most men simply see a natural order in things rather than the entirely artificial construct designed by/for men and not by/for women. And let's face it, we have such a wonderful, peaceful, well-managed world we don't need any such concept as Shevolution, now do we, Mr Barf?
April 25, 2009
yarb commented on the list symonds-s-list
I'm not the barfer and don't know who is, but if I know the users of this site then it's more likely that the target of the gastric secretions is the sledgehammer unsubtlety and thudding obviousness of the portmanteau than that Mr (or Mrs, Miss or Ms) Barf is an agent of patriarchal hegemony.
April 25, 2009
bilby commented on the list symonds-s-list
I'm the barfer. I have a list of neologisms and usages I feel are clunky. I like to provide examples of mis-(usage) but as you haven't given any and I don't feel like looking for any right now I just tagged the word so I can find it later. I changed the tag to 'barfly' in case you find that less offensive. There is a 'hide' button next to 'tags for this word' if you don't like looking at it. I have no comment about the concept it (the word, I can't bring myself to write the miscreant) denotes other than a postilla that I really don't believe that social change is driven by neologisms.
April 25, 2009
yarb commented on the list symonds-s-list
I knew it was you, Bilby!
April 25, 2009